Museum of erotic art attacked in Moscow
August 30th, 2012 - 6:34 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A group of conservative Christian activists have continued their spell of attacks on the Museum of Erotic Art in Moscow, the museum administration said.The activists, ... Read more...
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Maoists kill home guard in Odisha ahead of I-Day
August 14th, 2012 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 14 (IANS) Maoists killed a home guard attached to a police station in Odisha ahead of Independence Day, official said Tuesday.A group of 10-15 rebels dragged 42-year-old Narayan ... Read more...
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Maoists observe ‘martyrs week’ in Odisha
July 28th, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 28 (IANS) The movement of commercial and passenger vehicles was disrupted in parts of Odisha as Maoists Saturday began observing 'martyrs' week' in memory of rebel leaders killed ... Read more...
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Leaflets found with threats against British PM, queen
July 7th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 7 (IANS) Leaflets found by British police - during an operation in which seven men were held for terrorism offences - contained threats against Prime Minister David ... Read more...
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Maoist shutdown hits parts of Odisha
May 16th, 2012 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 16 (IANS) Transport in parts of southern Odisha was hit and several shops downed shutters as Maoists called for a daylong shutdown against the central government's proposed National ... Read more...
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Mamata, CAB felicitate golden boy Sachin (Lead)
May 12th, 2012 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) With the crowd roaring "Sachin, Sachin", and leaflets and cut-outs saluting him, batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar was Saturday felicitated by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ... Read more...
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Mamata, CAB felicitate golden boy Sachin
May 12th, 2012 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) With the crowd roaring "Sachin, Sachin", and leaflets and cut-outs saluting him, batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar was Saturday felicitated by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ... Read more...
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Mexican congressional hopeful bares some skin in posters
May 8th, 2012 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Guadalajara (Mexico), May 8 (IANS/EFE) A female candidate of the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution, or PRD, posed semi-nude for posters in her "provocative" campaign for a seat in ... Read more...
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Museum on Indian Cinema to be ready by May 2013: Soni
May 3rd, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) A museum on Indian cinema, being built in Mumbai, chronicling the history of the industry and its global impact, will be readied by May ... Read more...
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Maoists torture, kill two Home Guards (Lead)
February 26th, 2012 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 26 (IANS) Maoists have tortured and killed two Home Guards who had been missing since Jan 31, police said Sunday.The bodies of Moriyam Mangu and Anand Jasba, in ... Read more...
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Maoists torture and kill two cops at public court
February 26th, 2012 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 26 (IANS) The outlawed group Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed two Chhattisgarh home guards at a 'jan adalat' people's court in an undisclosed forested pocket in restive ... Read more...
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British police launches anti-terror drive before Olympics
February 14th, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 14 (IANS) Ahead of the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympic Games, British police has launched an anti-terrorism campaign by calling on the public to help it find potential ... Read more...
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Three British Muslims jailed for anti-gay campaign
February 11th, 2012 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 10 (IANS) Three Muslim extremists who distributed leaflets calling for homosexuals to be hanged, stoned and burned to death were jailed by a British court Friday.The trio were ... Read more...
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Gerry Wells face seen in the clouds
February 9th, 2012 - 12:21 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sydney, Feb 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The world is baffled at a formation of a cloud in Australia. A photo which was taken on the 9th of January resembles that of Lismore ... Read more...
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Wine, beer doubles mouth cancer risk
February 5th, 2012 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 5 (IANS) Drinking two large glasses of wine or two strong pints of beer a day triples the risk of developing mouth cancer, Daily Mail reported Sunday.Drinking over ... Read more...
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Top Odisha Maoist leader held (Lead)
January 24th, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 24 (IANS) Dhiren Mahato, one of Odisha's top Maoist leaders, was arrested Tuesday in the state's Bargarh district, police said.Dhiren Mahato alias Mahru Mahato alias Girish, 47, was ... Read more...
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In frozen Leh, road safety drill observed
January 5th, 2012 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 4 (IANS) A road safety week in frozen Leh where temperatures are a bone-chilling low of minus 18 degrees at night, attracted cheerful and obliging crowds!The authorities in ... Read more...
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Maoists torch Odisha mobile phone towers’ equipment
December 17th, 2011 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 17 (IANS) In separate incidents, the Maoists Saturday set ablaze equipment of as many as five mobile phone towers in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said.A group of rebels ... Read more...
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Abu Dhabi spreads public health awareness
December 11th, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Dec 11 (IANS/WAM) Abu Dhabi's municipal body has launched an awareness campaign to explain the importance of maintaining public sanitation in the city's streets and neighbourhoods.The drive's objective ... Read more...
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Man attempts immolation at Gadkari’s rally
December 1st, 2011 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 30 (IANS) A man attempted immolation during a public address by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Nitin Gadkari here Wednesday.Bishnu Chowdhury, came close to the dais where ... Read more...
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Women denounce gender violence in Peru ‘SlutWalk’
November 13th, 2011 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lima, Nov 13 (IANS/EFE) More than 100 women in seductive dresses went on a "SlutWalk" through the streets of Peruvian capital Lima to denounce gender violence, discrimination and sexual abuse.The ... Read more...
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Kerala gets floating pathology lab
August 23rd, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Alappuzha (Kerala), Aug 23 (IANS) Starting Wednesday, people living around the famous Punnamada Lake in central Kerala can get their blood sugar levels checked at a specially-designed floating laboratory on ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh on alert against Maoist strike
August 14th, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 14 (IANS) An alert was sounded across Chhattisgarh Sunday and security strengthened as the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) threatened to disrupt Independence Day functions Monday, police ... Read more...
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PUDR condemns Maoists
July 29th, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The People's Union For Democratic Rights (PUDR) Friday condemned what it said were Maoist threats to activists probing the murder of an activist in Jharkhand.It ... Read more...
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Maoists call for another weeklong shutdown
July 25th, 2011 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 25 (IANS) The outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) Monday called for a weeklong shutdown from July 28 in its stronghold Dandakaranya region in Chhattisgarh.Police found several banners ... Read more...
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Five home guards quit over Maoist fears in Orissa
July 9th, 2011 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 9 (IANS) At least five police home guards in Orissa's Koraput district submitted their resignations Saturday fearing attack by Maoists, who recently killed two policemen in the region, ... Read more...
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Nearly 50 percent of railway level crossings unmanned
July 7th, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The train accident at an unmanned level crossing in western Uttar Pradesh Thursday that has claimed some 38 lives occurred exactly a month after India ... Read more...
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Maoist shutdown against Posco land acquisition
June 30th, 2011 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 30 (IANS) A 24-hour state-wide shutdown called by Maoists against "forcible land acquisition" for South Korean steel major Posco's project and other issues hit normal life in southern ... Read more...
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Chinese threatens suicide over long working hours
April 28th, 2011 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, April 28 (IANS) Fed up with inordinately long working hours, a man climbed on to the roof of a six-storeyed building here and threatened to jump off it. He ... Read more...
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Youth, office-goers converge on Hazare’s fast venue
April 6th, 2011 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Some bunked colleges and others took leave from work as people from across the country came in droves to central Delhi's Jantar Mantar Wednesday to ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh lawmakers arrested on way to Dantewada village
March 30th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 29 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Police Tuesday arrested 10 legislators of the main opposition Congress party while they were on their way to a village where security forces allegedly went ... Read more...
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Maoists kill trader on charges of spying
March 21st, 2011 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 21 (IANS) Maoists shot dead a trader in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Rajnandgaon district, accusing him of spying on them for police, officials said Monday.The murder took place Sunday in ... Read more...
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NGOs to keep tab on politicians’ tall promises
March 14th, 2011 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) Watch before you promise is the message for politicians. A group of NGOs in West Bengal is going to scan manifestos of all parties, sensitise people ... Read more...
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Hostage crisis: Maoist bandh hits life in Orissa
February 21st, 2011 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 21 (IANS) A 24-hour statewide bandh called by Maoists hit normal life in parts of Orissa Monday, police said.The rebels, who abducted Malkangiri district collector R. Vineel Krishna and junior ... Read more...
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Brit dentist struck off for undoing trousers in front of female patient
February 19th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 19 (ANI): A married dentist in Britain, who pinned a female patient down and undid his trousers while asking "Do you want to see the goods?", has been struck off ... Read more...
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